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Wanted: mffllr • Green Terrar Scoreboard photographers, Dmen IlinIct Sports writers, -Page 14 and editors ·Home Game Schedulu Call x8600 Volume XVIII, Number 5. Western Maryland College -Page 15 Thursday, November 19, 1998 Hopkins shutout, Terror gain conference championship BY MIKE JENKINSON in the safety of the hands of Jay back Tony Russo into the game. StaffWrittr Tharpe and Joe Kendorskz the lat- After not getting into the endzone D- III Playoffs ter ending the game with over one- since the first quarter, Russo put the The Green Terror football squad hundred yards rushing. nail in the coffin with a 6 yard clinched the Centennial Conference The story of the on field action sweep.' With another Sandrock -November 21- Division III championship with a was the defense. Aaron Bartolain kick, the Terror shut Hopkins out record of 10-0, mimicking the Fall never seemed to stop moving the 17-0. 1997 season. This victory makes whole game, applying pressure on The Terror's previous shutout of them the only team in Centennial any of the three quarterbacks Hop- 42-0, occurred hosting Swarthmore South North Conference history to win the kins put on the field, as well as on November 7. league championship two consecu- making down field tacldes. Linebacker Matt Meiklejohn Region: Region: tive yeers. Fellow defensive lineman recorded two sacks, raising his sea- The team traveled to son total to 13. Offensive lineman Homewood field, home stadium of The dominant force for Terry Otto and A.J. Barchetto WestemMD Albion Johns Hopkins University, Satur- pushed Swarthmore defenders day, November 14. Winning 17-0, the Terror defense was around creating room for the Ter- @ Trinity @ Mt. Union this was the Terror's first ever vic- Rob McCracken, who ror running backs. tory on artificial turf. was able to catch In the third quarter, with a com- There was plenty of motivation fortable lead, Keating was able to for both teams going into this game. interceptions both give Terror fans a promising sign The Terror needed a win to qualify early and late in the for the future. Freshman quarter- Catholic @ Milliken for the NCAA playoffs for the sec- back Jamie "Boo" Harris entered ond straight season. On the other contest. in as quarterback for Serrnarini. Lycoming @ Wittenberg side of the field, Johns Hopkins Harris was nowhere near a disap- would have clinched a share of the Bucky Booth had his best game of pointment He was able to connect Centennial Conference with an up- the season. making several tackles with senior flanker Tim Herb for a set. on or behind the line of scrimmage. forty-yard gain. The game started off fast. The When he wasn't knocking down Then there was Tharpe. Being East Region: West Region: Terror kicked off and covered its running backs, he was knocking the seniors' last game at Scott S. kick well. Defense held Hopkins, down passes. Booth also had three Bair stadium, the defeat over Swar- Buffalo State Wisconsin- and was able to get the ball over to pass deflections. thmore had to be a memorable one. offense. On the opening drive, of- Senior captain and defensive Tharpe fulfilled the prophecy. Like @ fense moved the ball well and back Tom Lapato played well and his usual play, he delivered crush- Eau Claire @ threatened Hopkins with a touch- added an interception to the Terror ing blocks, creating running room down. Then a questionable holding cause. or extra passing time. He also ran Springfield, Central (Iowa) call set up third and long for the The dominant force for the Ter- at previously unseen levels. with a to- Mass. Terror. Seeing a great opportunity, ror defense. however, was Rob Tharpe ran for his first one-hun- head coach Tim Keating called a McCracken, who was able to catch dred-yard game. ending pass play, which sent wideout Mike interceptions both early and late in tal of 118. His most exciting run Starke deep into the endzone. Quar- the contest. Both plays came at was no doubt his second-quarter Pacific terback Ron Sermarini threw a crucial moments in the game. On seventy-yard scamper. Starting in- jump ball in Starke's direction, top of his two interceptions, the side and running through three of Rowan@ Lutheran Starke then able to out jump the cornerback/safety added a third- four Swarthmore defenders, he Hopkins defensive back and come quarter sack. To those watching the found the sideline. Using surpris- down with the first score of the day. game, it seemed wherever the ball ing quickness and crucial down- College of @ St, Johns After a Brent Sandrock extra point, was, McCracken was near. field blocking from receivers Ken- the Terror led 7-0. McCracken also added an emo- dorski and Matt Jackson, Tharpe New Jersey (Minnesota) Penalties and a tough Hopkins tional spark, seeming to get many easily walked into the endzone. for defense kept the Terror out of the of the Terror fans into the game. the first of his two touchdowns. endzone for the rest of the first half. Late in the fourth quarter, With two consecutive shutouts. With a second quarter field goal by barely holding on to the 10-0 lead, all the Terror players and coaches and die-hard fans know, however, three playoffs. Unlike last year, the Sandrock, the Terror ended the first defense was able to tum the ball were happy. After the Hopkins that there are still tough times Terror at least hope to advance deep half with 10-0. over to offense deep in Hopkins game, many players were signal- ahead. This weekend the Terror will into the playoffs, if not to win the In the second half, with a lead, territory. After runs by Kendorski ing for a second ring to be placed head to Texas to play Trinity in the first national championship in Keating kept the ball on the ground, and Tharpe, Keating sent running on their hands. Coaches, players, first round of the NCAA di vision school history Terror grapplers place fourth at Monarch .,,,,", BY MIKE YESTRAMSKI NCAA East Regionals last March. placed in two weight classes and ceiving All-American status during Assi.rfam Sporl$ EdilOr The only other placewinner '"....", Senior tri-captain Josh Ellin not having any individual champi- his freshman season. Junior tri-captain Charlie captured second place at the 157- ons at the Central Jersey Open season at the 190 lb. weight class. ,.".•. for Conaway won first place in the 184- lb. class, while sophomores hosted by the College of New Jer- the Terror was junior Scott Taylor, ,."IHI lb. weight class at the Monarch In- Rodney Stine and Brian Jones each sey. placing third at 184 lbs. Taylor is vitational, Saturday, November 14, placed third in their respective The nighest finisher was de- also a defending Centennial Con- by defeating David Rohrbach of weight classes, 133 and 275. fending 165-lb. Centennial Confer- ference Champion, wrestling last King's College, 5-2. This was the The Green Terror ended up ence Champion sophomore Andrey first gold medal Conaway has re- with a fourth place finish overall Brener. Having placed second, he Taylor's only loss at the Central ceived in his NCAA career. out of 13 competing teams. dropped a close bout in the finals, Jersey Open was to eventual chams" Conaway ended his sophomore November 7 wasn't as friendly 3-5, to Princeton's Ryan Bonfiglio. pion Mohammed Tauakolia in their .."". , campaign by placing fifth at the to the Terror, the team having only Brener was one match shy of re- semi-final contest.